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I also think they're missing the mark with not adding voodoo/spirituality elements to it. The very first Child's Play trailer was excellent. You can tell that they're trying to hide Chucky's personality because it needs to build up to him actually speaking. Which I wonder if he will (probably).

I agree the boy looks a bit too old. Maybe this type of horror works since technology is where it is with robot toys and what not. I've heard rumors that

the programmer who designed the doll commits suicide before implementing this superior AI code

I'd definitely watch it when it comes out digitally. No way am I going to the theaters to see it. I have to wonder what Don Mancinni (creator of the franchise) will think about it. The Chucky TV series on SYFY is his next project.

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Practical effects with cgi is what they're saying. I remember watching the original as a kid and the trailer made it seem vague and didn't show you Chucky at all. Weird that they're rebooting it when there's still current sequels. The Tony Stark Arc Reactor in Chucky 2.0's chest is weird, but this entire movie will be like a certain Simpsons episode:

... and he cannot lie

Actually makes sense now. Sounded stupid when he was a "robot" but now seeing the trailer it clicks. Clearly today if someone was making a doll it would be hooked up to a phone through an app and would be an animatronic doll. Think of the BB-8 "doll".

Also lets not jump the gun and say there is nothing supernatural. They could still add in a supernatural element to it without spoiling it in the trailers.

But surprisingly the trailer comes off a lot better than I originally thought. I am going to predict this is going to be a big hit.

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Actually makes sense now. Sounded stupid when he was a "robot" but now seeing the trailer it clicks. Clearly today if someone was making a doll it would be hooked up to a phone through an app and would be an animatronic doll. Think of the BB-8 "doll".

Also lets not jump the gun and say there is nothing supernatural. They could still add in a supernatural element to it without spoiling it in the trailers.

But surprisingly the trailer comes off a lot better than I originally thought. I am going to predict this is going to be a big hit.

Maybe there is an angle here where Chucky wants to infect all the other Chucky's and turn them into killer dolls too? In the original Charles wanted to transfer his soul into the kids body.

Update with tech and now Chucky wants to infect all the Chucky's via the internet. Could be a more interesting plot point than Voodoo man wants to get back in kids body. Instead killer doll wants to create army of killer dolls.

It reminds me of Terminator Genysis, where they turned SkyNet into an App and it spread through the internet. Updating the story for our modern connected times.

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Maybe there is an angle here where Chucky wants to infect all the other Chucky's and turn them into killer dolls too? In the original Charles wanted to transfer his soul into the kids body.

Update with tech and now Chucky wants to infect all the Chucky's via the internet. Could be a more interesting plot point than Voodoo man wants to get back in kids body. Instead killer doll wants to create army of killer dolls.

It reminds me of Terminator Genysis, where they turned SkyNet into an App and it spread through the internet. Updating the story for our modern connected times.

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It doesn't make sense to use CGI for the puppet when they can use a real one. It's not like Chucky needs to move with "grace" and "fluidity", that would look completely fake and like a videogame, just like 99% of CGI animations do. He is supposed to move like a puppet with robotic moving parts, with all the stutter and clunkiness that brings. Easier and cheaper to do with a real puppet.

I do worry that they are going to use CGI for the face though. Again, the robotic, stiff, plastic face was part of the appeal so i hope they don't mess that up for a "LOOK, HEY, LOOOOK how realistic and detailed facial animations i can do" face.